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Tularosa Mountain

Tularosa Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tularosa Mountain rises to 2,495 m in New Mexico. Escondido Mountain stands 3,000 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tularosa Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49085103, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2495 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.90672, -108.52589

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Tularosa Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Owl Water Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Negrito Springs: 3.4 mi
  • Banta Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Damian Spring: 3.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Tularosa Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Escondido MountainN 10°3,000 m20.3 mi
Elk MountainSSE 165°2,978 m23.9 mi
Eagle PeakS 190°2,970 m16.2 mi
Buzzard PeakS 189°2,948 m15.7 mi
Mangas MountainNE 52°2,925 m16.1 mi
Horse MountainENE 78°2,850 m23.4 mi
O Bar O MountainSSE 151°2,846 m24.8 mi
Horse PeakENE 78°2,826 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:26
June solstice06:0419:5220:29
September equinox07:0318:3919:12
December solstice07:1616:3117:10

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333640465361666559493933
Precip in1.21.10.80.50.70.63.43.82.21.40.91.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luna RS, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357599848

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